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Selim I

Type Figure Region Ottoman Empire Time 1470–1520 Also known as Selim the Stern、Yıldırım

Ninth sultan of the Ottoman Empire (r. 1512–1520), second son of Bayezid II; this entry focuses on his princely years, from birth at Amasya c.…

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  1. 1470–1490Amasya · Ottoman EmpireBorn to Bayezid II and Gülbahar, he grew up in the Anatolian provincial capital of Amasya, receiving military and Islamic education, and showed a decisive character from an early age.
  2. 1491–1500Trabzon · Black Sea coastAppointed by his father to guard the empire's eastern frontier, he governed the Trabzon sanjak, tightened military and civil administration, watched for Safavid Persian and Crimean threats, and faced off against the sphere of influence of his elder brother Ahmed.
  3. 1501–1512Eastern Anatolia · Ottoman EmpireIn the 1500s he contested the succession fiercely with his elder brother Ahmed, at times falling out of favor with his father and later regaining his trust. After Ahmed was executed in 1511, Selim marched from the east in 1512 and forced Bayezid II to abdicate, ending his princely period.

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